Analysis

  • max time kernel
    13s
  • max time network
    15s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    28-01-2025 16:55

General

  • Target

    Plague_cheat.exe

  • Size

    2.8MB

  • MD5

    ef5276d0be3e1822ce19bfe693b35423

  • SHA1

    cbbbeca8fd851a3382638918c6c9c81051f4f8a2

  • SHA256

    e6e55e1293086de3ef5aaed779eb5cc7588407e0d0630ae8a3f663cab9d03225

  • SHA512

    dff25e51209757eab339b37c8f41191b5adcdd9b6286dfcf599539a5cb29acdc53003ed291ca1055799440b60422995cecf3eeaeb60c17f0d507189dacbac0f7

  • SSDEEP

    49152:5bA3LxZa81vSckW8sGvGXiS04+4ZTNI8rT7x67:5bqasSLsGOynKTW8rS

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

  • Dcrat family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 33 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • DCRat payload 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 33 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Plague_cheat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Plague_cheat.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2700
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\pvwIkwxy2kI3uHBHg.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2820
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\jYoWi7XrfQqP2H.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2848
        • C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\providerdhcp.exe
          "C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\providerdhcp.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2900
          • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe
            "C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2388
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\it-IT\explorer.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2760
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\it-IT\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\it-IT\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:536
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:572
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:928
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2112
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\dwm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2544
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2364
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1684
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2332
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1924
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1856
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Favorites\lsm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1184
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Favorites\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2924
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Favorites\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3044
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\spoolsv.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2152
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2108
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1668
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Characters\spoolsv.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:908
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Characters\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1040
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Characters\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1056
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\services.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2352
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2956
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2104
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.es\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2396
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.es\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1908
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.es\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2200
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Favorites\services.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2204
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Favorites\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1944
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Favorites\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1500
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\fr-FR\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1564
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\fr-FR\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:896
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\fr-FR\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:448

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\jYoWi7XrfQqP2H.bat

    Filesize

    49B

    MD5

    ad6985b51cb38024872f916b26959b02

    SHA1

    34468281e1ee3afd33362cfce1112ddca93b953f

    SHA256

    b857323f0085d408b85aebe3ad1eb38b814b59e26488c31fdaf30233a84c3448

    SHA512

    b4be4a91761054d9ba8dce64532ed9db4075377dac2f7b003ca25e98be10fbc74c4b729a2c0bc552c666d34d05b0a2205bcc290beff800d980fb7d21f99de5ec

  • C:\ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\pvwIkwxy2kI3uHBHg.vbe

    Filesize

    218B

    MD5

    827989d76dd369a75be1c80c48ca7aea

    SHA1

    d725a19cd77106c600175ca726c6819e48a8d643

    SHA256

    90ff2cd7d627aa4e365979285077699e27f79bf04620256fa37ac80d6352eef5

    SHA512

    3c7d58b024915ee62598ff56cc6ef2be363e5af007436672f7fab3cb4cfe923b577c9da5b290a7ddba813f71c7f96d1fcfc4668e6a37aa947cd00d7062a8b859

  • \ProviderReviewruntimeDllSvc\providerdhcp.exe

    Filesize

    2.3MB

    MD5

    97fa63820e84c49a897c5ea78b035ede

    SHA1

    088d72d6cc087900f21e436b1f8a0f6f60b1c31f

    SHA256

    005013ec42a3b7dcaaab41047160e8879177c605d1666a58ff2175756a207e87

    SHA512

    03eaaad1b700deac95f3994b5007056de7165cdd7a574da99869709c24c015a231c0e1e324f8196a60a64dd16c42f184fbb9774839d93b4ba731ef58320cdd6b

  • memory/2388-47-0x00000000010E0000-0x000000000132E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.3MB

  • memory/2388-48-0x0000000000530000-0x0000000000542000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    72KB

  • memory/2900-13-0x0000000001200000-0x000000000144E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.3MB

  • memory/2900-14-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003CC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/2900-15-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003E6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    88KB

  • memory/2900-16-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000466000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    344KB

  • memory/2900-17-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000402000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    72KB

  • memory/2900-18-0x0000000000460000-0x000000000046E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB